Cave Rescue, July 15, 1989
Rehoboth Church Cave, WV

REPORT

On Sundy, July 15, two cavers entered Rehoboth Church Cave in eastern Monroe County, West
Virginia. These were a man and a boy, with hand-held lights, wearing tee-shirts, jeans and tennis
shoes. They visited the Long Room, but became lost when they tried to retrace their steps. They
wandered until they reached the top of a breakdown pile only a few hundred feet from the entrance.
Here their lights failed so they sat down to await a rescue.

At 8 p.m. relatives of the lost pair called the Union Volunteer Fire Department, who in turn called two
local cavers. They arrived at the cave at 9 p.m. and found the victims a short time after entering. They
were shaken but unhurt and were escorted out.